hydrographic
adjective
hy·dro·graph·ic
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Definition of hydrographic
1
: of or relating to the characteristic features (such as flow or depth) of bodies of water
2
: relating to the charting of bodies of water
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Other Words from hydrographic
hydrographer
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hydrography
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Examples of hydrographic in a Sentence
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It’s North America’s hydrographic apex: meltwater from the icefield flows into the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. — Susan O'keefe, National Geographic, "EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC," 8 Apr. 2019 The Seabed Constructor, which found the San Juan, is contracted to hydrographic survey company Ocean Infinity. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Doomed Argentine sub found a year after its disappearance," 19 Nov. 2018 Each patch represents a watershed—a hydrographic basin—where all rainfall drains into a common outlet. — John F. Ross, Smithsonian, "The Visionary John Wesley Powell Had a Plan for Developing the West, But Nobody Listened," 3 July 2018 According to Frisk, Russian research vessels off the Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian coasts also undock mini-submarines for surveillance and warfare preparations, and investigate the seabed and hydrographic conditions. — Elisabeth Braw, Newsweek, "The Secret Norwegian Submarine Base Being Rented by the Russians," 19 Mar. 2015 According to Hydroid, the drone has marine research and commercial applications, and in defense is useful for area search, mine countermeasures, surveillance and reconnaissance, and hydrographic survey. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Yemeni Rebels Capture a U.S. Navy Drone," 4 Jan. 2018 The $160 million, 1,046-day search produced the largest-ever hydrographic survey (710,000 square kilometers), the largest-ever high-resolution sonar search (120,000 square kilometers). — Hallie Detrick, Fortune, "We Still Don’t Know What Happened to Flight MH370," 3 Oct. 2017 The Corps formally dedicated the new hydrographic survey vessel Catlett in an Inner Harbor ceremony Thursday. — Christopher Dinsmore, baltimoresun.com, "New survey vessel joins Army Corps of Engineers' Baltimore District fleet," 24 Aug. 2017 On Monday, the Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving team embarked about their hydrographic survey vessel Melville to begin searching near the crash site. — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Marines probing tree fall that killed serviceman during training at Camp Pendleton," 7 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hydrographic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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